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Peter Maxwell Davies

1934 - 2016

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music, Davies formed a group dedicated to contemporary music called the New Music Manchester with fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon. Davies's compositions include eight works for the stage—from the monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King, which shocked the audience in 1969, to Kommilitonen!, first performed in 2011—and ten symphonies, written between 1973 and 2013. As a conductor, Davies was artistic director of the Dartington International Summer School from 1979 to 1984 and associate conductor/composer with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1992 to 2002, holding the latter position with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Maxwell Davies is the 955th most popular musician (up from 1,312th in 2019), the 2,780th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,467th in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Musician.

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Among musicians, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 955 out of 3,175. Before him are Layne Staley, Âşık Veysel, Benny Benassi, Arvīds Jansons, John Norum, and Karl Bartos. After him are Svend Asmussen, D'arcy Wretzky, Auguste Franchomme, Jeff Hanneman, Eric Dolphy, and Valery Afanassiev.

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Among people born in 1934, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 245. Before him are Del Shannon, Darlene Conley, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Karl-Josef Rauber, Yakubu Gowon, and Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga. After him are Ronnie Clayton, Anne Haney, Mikel Laboa, Hendrick Chin A Sen, Kir Bulychev, and Abdullah Ibrahim. Among people deceased in 2016, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 231. Before him are Vilmos Zsigmond, Giovanni Coppa, Klim Churyumov, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Zubaida Tharwat, and Manuel Velázquez. After him are Prince Dimitri Romanov, Antonin Scalia, Arnold Palmer, Roberto Perfumo, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, and Slobodan Santrač.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 2,781 out of 8,785. Before him are Peggy Ashcroft (1907), Jojo Moyes (1969), Jimmy Somerville (1961), James Quibell (1867), Hugh Bonneville (1963), and Peter James (1948). After him are Henry Pottinger (1789), Ronnie Clayton (1934), Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), John Wood (1930), and Kevin Ayers (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 175. Before him are Noel Redding (1945), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Alan Price (1942), Trevor Horn (1949), Ian McDonald (1946), and Al Stewart (1945). After him are Adam Clayton (1960), Steven Wilson (1967), Mick Ronson (1946), Denny Laine (1944), Johnny Clegg (1953), and Andrew Latimer (1949).

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